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obama is not the greatest debater. he had some terrible ones early on and he is not practicing enough. >> how does mitt romney recover from this? >> he could go and visit the guys who are building his car elevator and see how they are getting by. apparently he does not know the working middle class. that is why it was so natural for him to say these things. they have been coming out in a dog whistle. for the people in the room, he has a bullhorn. >> this is not the last round for romney. this ds hurt though. it hurts the ticket in the republican race. you see evidence of it in massachusetts, virginia, and michigan and wisconsin. he is not the person the republicans need to have right now carrying the standard. what he said was wrong in so many aspects. >> a lot of republicans are grumbling about this campaign. >> when your runni mate call as you inarticulate as a way to help you, then you know you have problems. i am glad you are all represented here. mitt romney is mixing up a whole bunch of ideas. the 47% who do not
obama is not the greatest debater. he had some terrible ones early on and he is not practicing enough. >> how does mitt romney recover from this? >> he could go and visit the guys who are building his car elevator and see how they are getting by. apparently he does not know the working middle class. that is why it was so natural for him to say these things. they have been coming out in a dog whistle. for the people in the room, he has a bullhorn. >> this is not the last round...
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she stumbled on the truth when she said that obama is not a good debater. it is not that obama was off his game, that is his game. if he does not have a prompter, he is not good. you see it in his press conferences where he does not have a prompter. he has never been good at conferences. he rambles. the press has been unimpressed with what he does. he can decide how long he wants to take for an answer. this is who he is. it is going to be at a town hall the next one. he has more ability to connect with an audience than romney, so he will have an advantage in the second debate that he did not have been the first. >> would you rather be good or lucky? 7.8% unemployment rate. that is pretty good news. >> unless you actually look at the numbers. if you look at those getting new jobs, aut 114,000. the need to have 150 to stay at the same rate. what has been happening is you have people leaving the work force, retiring, or -- wait a minute, nina -- or when you become chronically unemployed, over one year, you drop off the rolls and you are not put in the denomina
she stumbled on the truth when she said that obama is not a good debater. it is not that obama was off his game, that is his game. if he does not have a prompter, he is not good. you see it in his press conferences where he does not have a prompter. he has never been good at conferences. he rambles. the press has been unimpressed with what he does. he can decide how long he wants to take for an answer. this is who he is. it is going to be at a town hall the next one. he has more ability to...
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you've got romney obama debate. big bird. >> and jobs. so we see the focus on it was mostly about the economy, you see the focus on the substance of this debate as opposed to ustthe zingers and squabbling between the candidates and i was fascinated by the role of xbox. >> xbox is a controller you can use in your living room to play games on your television set and there's a subscription called xbox live. you can play with people by using a game controller. well, what happened last night is that xbox decided to let the video of the debate stream and they posed questions to gameers saying "at this moment who would you vote for?" immediately you had obama 75% of the gamers say yes or mitt romney 10% of the gamers say yes. it's a big figure but you get the point. >> even though this is only about 10,000 participated in this microsoft game, these are mostly younger men, 18 to 29 not plugged into politics who are harder to reach and the fact that they were engaged in answering these questions about presidential debate i think is a watershed mom
you've got romney obama debate. big bird. >> and jobs. so we see the focus on it was mostly about the economy, you see the focus on the substance of this debate as opposed to ustthe zingers and squabbling between the candidates and i was fascinated by the role of xbox. >> xbox is a controller you can use in your living room to play games on your television set and there's a subscription called xbox live. you can play with people by using a game controller. well, what happened last...
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president obama and governor romney faced off tonight in the first of three debates before election day on november 6th. domestic policy was in focus during the 90-minute showdown at the university of denver. the platform gave govern romney an opportunity to reignite his campaign which has suffered some this summer. they sparred across a range of issues. >> there's a various done of small businesses across the country saying what's the effect of obamacare in your hiring plans. three quarters said it makes us less likely to hire people. i just don't know how the president could come into office, facing 23 million people out of work, rising unemployment and economic crises at the kitchen table, and spend his energy and passion for two years fighting for obamacare instead of fighting for jobs for the american people. >> the irony is that we've seen this model work really well, in massachusetts. because govern romney did a good thing, working with democrats in the state to set up what is essentially the identical model, and as a consequence, people are covered there. it hasn't destroyed job
president obama and governor romney faced off tonight in the first of three debates before election day on november 6th. domestic policy was in focus during the 90-minute showdown at the university of denver. the platform gave govern romney an opportunity to reignite his campaign which has suffered some this summer. they sparred across a range of issues. >> there's a various done of small businesses across the country saying what's the effect of obamacare in your hiring plans. three...
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run the country, my foot. >> as i said, obama is not a gifted debater the way he is a gifted or tour. there is a shot here. >> you are the debate coach, evan. what do you tell them? >> romney has one goal, to the actual human being. it is not impossible. [laughter] >> "mitt, you are a human being." do you want to tell your grandchildren iran in 2012. i don't care if it is embracing simpson-bowles, whatever it is. he has got to give a sense of where the country goes from here. we don't care about where we are better off for years ago. america does not know where we are going and one of these guys has to give them that. >> wrong and wrong. my son has an axiom -- america alex the coolest candidate. obama is mr. cool. trip him up and you have a chance. >> this is not jealous that can be contained. >> the and -- this is not a challenge that can be contained. >> united states is engaging in a policy of bullying. >> some are engaging the absurd notion that a nuclear-arm iraned -- nuclear-armed iran would stabilize the middle east. yeah, right. >> president obama is being criticized for havin
run the country, my foot. >> as i said, obama is not a gifted debater the way he is a gifted or tour. there is a shot here. >> you are the debate coach, evan. what do you tell them? >> romney has one goal, to the actual human being. it is not impossible. [laughter] >> "mitt, you are a human being." do you want to tell your grandchildren iran in 2012. i don't care if it is embracing simpson-bowles, whatever it is. he has got to give a sense of where the country...
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president and the man that wants that job are back on the campaign trail after the last debate. barack obama and mitt romney are traveling through several states that could determine the election two weeks from now. they're both trying to do the same thing, win over undecided voters. president obama spoke to his supporters in florida, one of the key battleground states. he said romney had changed his stance on several issues monday during the debate on foreign policy. obama reused the term he coined for flip-flops, romnesia. >> there is no more serious issue in a presidential campaign than trust. the person who leads this country, you've got to have some confidence then he or she means what he or she says. >> romney spoke at a rally in henderson, nevada. he said obama is resorting to attacks in the absence of new ideas of his own. romney said he can stand criticisms for obama f two weeks. he says he can't stand four more years of the obama administration. >>> foreign ministers from japan and china have held talks to mend relations sha have become strained over the territorial di
president and the man that wants that job are back on the campaign trail after the last debate. barack obama and mitt romney are traveling through several states that could determine the election two weeks from now. they're both trying to do the same thing, win over undecided voters. president obama spoke to his supporters in florida, one of the key battleground states. he said romney had changed his stance on several issues monday during the debate on foreign policy. obama reused the term he...
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what is the task or let's just talk about the first debate which is next wednesday. >> so obama i think his task is reasonably clear, just be calm, stay calm, whatever that british slogan we're all repeating now, stay calm and in control. he just has to be calm. and somebody made a good point. he had a pretty bad week in the middle east or two wokes in the middle east but he reacted with calmness. so he sort of gets a pass on really what is sort of a chaotic administration policy. romney is the one with the burden. and so i do think he says, he has to say listen, i haven't been a great candidate but if you elect me there are four organizations i'm going to fix. i am going to fix the tax code -- >> i think romney can remember four. >> it is just too many for people to remember. three, believable. >> okay, do tax code, energy policy and dot political system. or go say hey this guy won't talk about the fiscal cliff, i will cut a deal. i will cut a deal to so we don't go off the fiscal cliff so business can have some confidence that would be the sort of unusual thing i think would be a prac
what is the task or let's just talk about the first debate which is next wednesday. >> so obama i think his task is reasonably clear, just be calm, stay calm, whatever that british slogan we're all repeating now, stay calm and in control. he just has to be calm. and somebody made a good point. he had a pretty bad week in the middle east or two wokes in the middle east but he reacted with calmness. so he sort of gets a pass on really what is sort of a chaotic administration policy. romney...
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the obama economic record. to go back to that question what would the romney people say. they will say what gets discussed here and on cable tv and in twitter and everything else is not the reality. that is what the chattering class is talking about. the reality is high gas prices, unemployment, four years above 8% unemployment, and that reality as long as governor romney seems like an acceptable alternative will guide what happens. >> the reality is that most people don't follow this as closely as we do until the fall campaign. and then come the debates which in my experience have been the single most important events of any given presidential campaign. the reagan example is a great example. but what happens in these debates, what's absolutely crucial is that the public makes this subliminal judgement about who they feel more comfortable having in their living room for the next four years. the presidency is the most int at that time-- intimate office we have, lives in our houses, lives in our homes. and you kn
the obama economic record. to go back to that question what would the romney people say. they will say what gets discussed here and on cable tv and in twitter and everything else is not the reality. that is what the chattering class is talking about. the reality is high gas prices, unemployment, four years above 8% unemployment, and that reality as long as governor romney seems like an acceptable alternative will guide what happens. >> the reality is that most people don't follow this as...
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that there was with obama, now of course there won't be because it is a vice presidential debate but i think that ryan is thinking about his future, i think can probably feel okay with the way he performed. >> rose: katty kay, you are coming to us now from washington, your impressions? >> yeah, agree, i think paul ryan performed well and republicans will be quite happy with him, he was clear, he was coconcise, he too was energetic and we have never seen him perform on such a huge national platform as this one, and he held his own against joe biden, i mean, this debate some polls are giving it divide and some are giving it to ryan which suggests to me it is pretty much of a wash. i wonder how much this helped barack obama. i think that one of the things that people are going to remember about this debate is less whatoe biden orpaul ryan said than joe bide's constant smiling, shaking his head, oh, my god, looking i thought at some point at something that was just suggesting maybe a little unhinged, i actually thought it came across as slightly condescending and pat tronizing and even a
that there was with obama, now of course there won't be because it is a vice presidential debate but i think that ryan is thinking about his future, i think can probably feel okay with the way he performed. >> rose: katty kay, you are coming to us now from washington, your impressions? >> yeah, agree, i think paul ryan performed well and republicans will be quite happy with him, he was clear, he was coconcise, he too was energetic and we have never seen him perform on such a huge...
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obama had a tough job in the second debate, jeffrey. he had to, first of all reassure his own supporters that he was the guy he remembered, admired, worked for, helped-- for. i thought he did do that. in romney's first debate, because obama wasn't even there, he was very even in disposition and tone. and i think in the second debate obama got under his skin and he became peevish, waspish, there was a pet lent side to him, quarrelous. i think that and sort of his outburst and certain hectors of the approximately, i think hurt him. i don't think-- it no way approached the decisiveness of the first debasically i mean the first debate was a rout. but i think this was a solid obama victory. >> brown: now we move to one more monday on foreign policy. now beyond a few areas, have we had much of a deep discussion about foreign policy? what are you looking for in this one? >> we've had a discussion of benghazi and i suppose we will go over that ground agai >> brown: yeah. >> but what i am looking for is not a rehearsal last four years. i think w
obama had a tough job in the second debate, jeffrey. he had to, first of all reassure his own supporters that he was the guy he remembered, admired, worked for, helped-- for. i thought he did do that. in romney's first debate, because obama wasn't even there, he was very even in disposition and tone. and i think in the second debate obama got under his skin and he became peevish, waspish, there was a pet lent side to him, quarrelous. i think that and sort of his outburst and certain hectors of...
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so you heard it last night, the candidates went toe to toe in the debate. governor romney accusing the president that for a doubling of gasoline prices over the last four years president obama defending himself saying it wasn't his fought that there was a recession and a recovery. so who was right here? >> well, really oil prices as a global phenomenon is dependent on what's happening with the world as a whole. so there's a limit to what one country, one government can do in terms of oil prices. what we've seen in the united states is oil production in the u.s. is increasing. but due to other factors around the world and the middle east we're still having higher prices and that's impacting the price of crude. at t momentrice of galine is below the psychologically important $4 a gallon at the pump in the u.s.. and as such the price of gasoline as a political issue might recede in the coming weeks. >> susie: actually some people are predicting that by the election prices at the pump will get down to $3. do you agree with that, and why will it drop so much? >>
so you heard it last night, the candidates went toe to toe in the debate. governor romney accusing the president that for a doubling of gasoline prices over the last four years president obama defending himself saying it wasn't his fought that there was a recession and a recovery. so who was right here? >> well, really oil prices as a global phenomenon is dependent on what's happening with the world as a whole. so there's a limit to what one country, one government can do in terms of oil...
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gallup has obama up by five points in their seven-day track, but since the debate they have obama up by just three points. >> reporter: or how about old friend ray fair, an economist we've been visiting every four years since the george h. bush administratn. he's got an economic model. >> so right at this moment, its 49.5% of the two-party vote for obama. >> reporter: so the polls and models call it a toss-up. but curiously, the betting public tells a very different story. online betting prediction markets, like ireland's intrade, which takes bets from americans, and england's betfair, which doesnt, have made obama the strong favorite for months. the lone domestic and entirely legal betting haven, the iowa electronic markets at the university of iowa. ever frugal, we asked hari srinivasan, our man in the midwest-- at least last week-- to drop in. >> sreenivasan: this is the entire iowa electronic market? >> this is our server room right here. >> sreenivasan: so the entire prediction markets right here? >> in that little box. >> reporter: granted, a visual letdown but this is what ele
gallup has obama up by five points in their seven-day track, but since the debate they have obama up by just three points. >> reporter: or how about old friend ray fair, an economist we've been visiting every four years since the george h. bush administratn. he's got an economic model. >> so right at this moment, its 49.5% of the two-party vote for obama. >> reporter: so the polls and models call it a toss-up. but curiously, the betting public tells a very different story....
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before you debate barack obama on foreign policy, you better finish the debate with yourself. >> woodruff: today the new obama ad pointed to romney's much criticized overseas trip during th summer to argue he lacks xperiencend clari o foreign affairs. >> reckless. amateurish. that's what news media and fellow republicans called mitt romney's gaffe-filled july tour of israel and poland. >> woodruff: all of this played out as the president himself was in southern california. he declared the home of the late farm workers' union leader caesar chavez a national landmark. he also held fund-raisers in los angeles and san francisco. his campaign and the democratic national committee raised $181 million in september the most for any month this year. but money aside, it appears romney's performance in last week's highly watched debate has improved his standing in the race. a new gallup tracking poll found the candidates in a dead heat, each receiving 47% among registered voters. the president had held a five-point advantage before the debate. and the pew research center showed romney coming from ei
before you debate barack obama on foreign policy, you better finish the debate with yourself. >> woodruff: today the new obama ad pointed to romney's much criticized overseas trip during th summer to argue he lacks xperiencend clari o foreign affairs. >> reckless. amateurish. that's what news media and fellow republicans called mitt romney's gaffe-filled july tour of israel and poland. >> woodruff: all of this played out as the president himself was in southern california. he...
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the debates are over but the campaign is picking up steam. president obama and mitt romney wasted no time today getting back out on the campaign trail. with election day now only two weeks away, the candidates are devoting every waking minute to revving up the base and courting any remaining undecided voters in a handful of critical swing states. for mr. obama this morning, that meant the campaign rally before an enthusiastic crowd in delray beach, florida, not far from the the site of last night's face-off. >> you guys really are fired up. ifill: picking up where he left off last night he fold voters that governor romney is not a reliable choice. >> we're accustomed to seeing politicians change their positions from like four years ago. we are not accustomed to seeing politicians change their position from four days ago. i mean,... and we joke about romnesia but you know what? this is is important. this is about trust. there is no more serious issue in a presidential campaign than trust. >> ifill: doubling down on that argument vice president
the debates are over but the campaign is picking up steam. president obama and mitt romney wasted no time today getting back out on the campaign trail. with election day now only two weeks away, the candidates are devoting every waking minute to revving up the base and courting any remaining undecided voters in a handful of critical swing states. for mr. obama this morning, that meant the campaign rally before an enthusiastic crowd in delray beach, florida, not far from the the site of last...
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. >> susie: you know, tonight obviously in the debate president obama and governor romney will be talking about the job market do. you expect them to give any kind of plan to jolt the labor market and to get that unemployment rate down drastically? >> i think both candidates are likely to be somewhat vague in their discussion of proposals to great jobs. if i were asking the question, i think the one that i with like to hear answered most would be, what are you going to do about the approaching fiscal cliff if we go over the fiscal cliff, if we plunge over the highest bluff along the fiscal cliff, it's very likely the economy will fall into recession and the unemployment rate instead of being 8 at the end of next year will be above 9. so the first thing that any elected official needs to do in 2013 is prevent job losses by doing something about the fiscal cliff. >> susie: are you predicting a recession? >> no, we're not. we do think that in a crisis environment at the 11th hour, some sort of arrangement will be made that will delay the fiscal contraction that's on the books now. so that th
. >> susie: you know, tonight obviously in the debate president obama and governor romney will be talking about the job market do. you expect them to give any kind of plan to jolt the labor market and to get that unemployment rate down drastically? >> i think both candidates are likely to be somewhat vague in their discussion of proposals to great jobs. if i were asking the question, i think the one that i with like to hear answered most would be, what are you going to do about the...
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thought president obama won the second and third debates but it's the first debate that had such a big impression. another thing that strikes me. 47-47, 49-49. in an election that is that tight and in an election where the president is probably. .. has a slightly better standing in the swing states, we could have the kind of split decision we had in 2000. where president obama wins the electoral college and mitt romney wins the popular vote. that is possible with the scenario we see now. >> woodruff: dan, the pew poll also shows that the voters who favor governor romney say they are more interested, more likely to definitely turn out to vote than are those who are favoring the president. >> yes, and that's a very important indicator. and another factor in that, that same poll shows that republicans are more enthusiastic about voting for governor romney. but earlier in fall, a higher percentage of republicans said they were voting against president obama. day a higher percentage of republics, a majorit sayhey ar votingor governor romney. there has has been a change in enthusiasm. judy,
thought president obama won the second and third debates but it's the first debate that had such a big impression. another thing that strikes me. 47-47, 49-49. in an election that is that tight and in an election where the president is probably. .. has a slightly better standing in the swing states, we could have the kind of split decision we had in 2000. where president obama wins the electoral college and mitt romney wins the popular vote. that is possible with the scenario we see now....
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psident obama in the recent debate sa in passing,ou know, there are things that we do better together. i thin we've lost sight as a society of the way in which a democratic government can organize our best instincts to actually produce things that benefit the entire society. we haven't worked that way for a long time. i think it's going to take a change in habit to begin to think of government as a place where we can put our best instincts to achieve sharedded goals. >> brown: what interests me though i tvelaround t country doing political stories, seeing people. a lot of the energy and the anger about the system and the emotion out there -- it is there -- a lot of these days politically is on the right. that would be the tea party. now you're arguing that they have it all wrong in a sense. >> well, i think they have it all wrong for the right reasons. i think if you look at occupy wall street or the tea party, or our gridlocked congress or unrest in the middle east, i think you see a set of unsettled responses to unsettled times. when i talkabo thenfluence of globalization or the inf
psident obama in the recent debate sa in passing,ou know, there are things that we do better together. i thin we've lost sight as a society of the way in which a democratic government can organize our best instincts to actually produce things that benefit the entire society. we haven't worked that way for a long time. i think it's going to take a change in habit to begin to think of government as a place where we can put our best instincts to achieve sharedded goals. >> brown: what...
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what happens between the close of the democratic convention and the first debate in october? what -- how do we character try that snerd. >> well one thing that happens on friday is the romney campaign gets to start spending this general election money. >> rose: have more money. >> one thing they haven't done at all is direct mail w spent a lot of time on. the have, talking about the tv ads, direct mail matters some and they have not done that and -- >> rose: can the super pacs do that? >> i can't recall super packs. >> they can do that but they don't do much of it. they, what they do, do is get out the vote. the koch brothers spent a fortune to get out out the vote. >> rose: and we will see what the ad are like. we have seen much more advertising that in the past but we will see the markers on general advertising and then all brace to see if the polls move, if either side gets a bigger bounce than the other, neither campaign expects that, they expect one bounce to cancel out the other but i wouldn't be surprised if one did better than he oer and we will als see a lot of debat
what happens between the close of the democratic convention and the first debate in october? what -- how do we character try that snerd. >> well one thing that happens on friday is the romney campaign gets to start spending this general election money. >> rose: have more money. >> one thing they haven't done at all is direct mail w spent a lot of time on. the have, talking about the tv ads, direct mail matters some and they have not done that and -- >> rose: can the...
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the country thought obama was a better debater. i suspect, given those expectations, romney willhave over-performed. >> woodruff: do you think it was a deliberate strategy on the part of the president to not be more aggressive or he was trying to hue to the format, the economy and health care and the role of government? what do you-- >> my impression, he has sessions with columnists where he defends his policies. that's what he sounds like. and so i don't think it was anything different than he has been talkin talk within the reaf the white house for the past four years. >> it was too policy abstract, the president's presentation was. and, you know, the few times he did put a human face on it, as i mentioned, it was better. what i found interesting was who became the innocence by association figures? tip o'neill and ronald reagan were invoked by both sides. ( laughter ). and donald trump became the punching bag of small business. i just eye found that interesting. and of course bill clt was embraced not simply by the president but
the country thought obama was a better debater. i suspect, given those expectations, romney willhave over-performed. >> woodruff: do you think it was a deliberate strategy on the part of the president to not be more aggressive or he was trying to hue to the format, the economy and health care and the role of government? what do you-- >> my impression, he has sessions with columnists where he defends his policies. that's what he sounds like. and so i don't think it was anything...
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. >> obama stressed the u.s. cannot afford to extend tax cuts for the wealthiest 2% of the population if it wants to reduce the country's mounting deficit. obama asked for cooperation from republicans. he said he is open to compromise and open to new ideas that could bring about a rise in tax revenues. >>> let's check on the markets. first, looking at currencies. just having a look at the dollar similar yen at 80.19-21. that's due to uncertainties about japan's economic policies that the country is set to hold a general election next month. the dollar/yen is trading between 80.19-21 and having a look at the euro, 102.05-10. sources are telling us that the yen is falling on speculation that the bank of japan may step up its monetary easing measures. dollar-buying against the yen may not be so strong as worries about the u.s. fiscal cliff. >>> turning to stock markets. share prices in tokyo are rising as export-related issues are being bought due to the weaker yen. nikkei average, 8742. and that's up .9%, or 78 poi
. >> obama stressed the u.s. cannot afford to extend tax cuts for the wealthiest 2% of the population if it wants to reduce the country's mounting deficit. obama asked for cooperation from republicans. he said he is open to compromise and open to new ideas that could bring about a rise in tax revenues. >>> let's check on the markets. first, looking at currencies. just having a look at the dollar similar yen at 80.19-21. that's due to uncertainties about japan's economic policies...
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it is a very different mood around the abou obama cane today than after the last debate. we have to see what the long-term impact is, but in terms of the mood, it is a far different atmosphere than it was after the first debate. >> woodruff: karen, would you add anything to that? what about the romney folks? >> i think what they wanted to do was build on the momentum they were getting out of th first debate notolose any of that energy. i think that governor romney just sort of was there to parry back every point. they disputed every point. the energy answer, where one was up, and up was up and down was down, and they were throwing out statistics so fast. i think both camps came away thinking their own supporters are energized and excited. but i don't know who's minds would be changed by last night's debate. >> woodruff: juli what about is focus on women voters? what is it -- again, you're dealing with the obama campaign for the most part. what is it that they feel they need to say that they haven't been saying already to women's voters. >> you here from democrats who are
it is a very different mood around the abou obama cane today than after the last debate. we have to see what the long-term impact is, but in terms of the mood, it is a far different atmosphere than it was after the first debate. >> woodruff: karen, would you add anything to that? what about the romney folks? >> i think what they wanted to do was build on the momentum they were getting out of th first debate notolose any of that energy. i think that governor romney just sort of was...
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good night. >> ifill: with that the second debate between president obama and former governor mitt romney is done. as the families, the wives. that's ann romney there coming up to greet her husband. of course we're going to see, i imagine, at the same time, the president making her way toward michelle obama. they're going to greet members of this town hall. we're going to bring in here with judy wood rough, of course. gwen, i think we saw a very different dent from the first presidential debate. this is the president who displayed more energy. you heard him use the word fight there. but this is a president who seemed to be fighting for the job of president for a second term. that was something that was, i think, very much in question after the debate that we saw happen in denver earlier this month. >> woodruff: david brooks, how did you see it >> if we go by winners and losers i would have to say obama won this debate. romney gave good answers. there were two really good answers that romney gave on what the last four years have been like differentiating himself from george w. bush but in
good night. >> ifill: with that the second debate between president obama and former governor mitt romney is done. as the families, the wives. that's ann romney there coming up to greet her husband. of course we're going to see, i imagine, at the same time, the president making her way toward michelle obama. they're going to greet members of this town hall. we're going to bring in here with judy wood rough, of course. gwen, i think we saw a very different dent from the first presidential...
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can't follow the strategy in the second debate. what they also want to avoid a situation that happened with al fore where, al gore where you are seeing a different human being on the stage in the second debate than you are in the first debate. >> rose: go ahead. >> i think there is a certain starkness in the debate that you don't have in the convention. the contrast is extraordinary, in a convention, you are idolized 20,000 people in the room all love you, the energy of the crowd carries you on its shoulders, almost what you say doesn't matter long as long as you don't screw up, on a debate, there is a stark contrast because there is a very bare stage, if you look at there is nobody in front of you booing or cheering and you have a moderator and two people and almost like a gladiator and when you have two gladiators going after each other the crowd expenses when one is afraid. it is called flop sweat, it is n visible t the actor on the understands when the performance is not going well and it just throws off your whole game. >> ros
can't follow the strategy in the second debate. what they also want to avoid a situation that happened with al fore where, al gore where you are seeing a different human being on the stage in the second debate than you are in the first debate. >> rose: go ahead. >> i think there is a certain starkness in the debate that you don't have in the convention. the contrast is extraordinary, in a convention, you are idolized 20,000 people in the room all love you, the energy of the crowd...
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by a better, more polite debate. i don't know that, you know, i don't know that paul ryan did any real damage tonight. but he certainly didn't draw any blood. >> woodruff: jonathan martin, to the extent the obama campaign was feeling the need tonight for the vice president to get them bac on track, is there a sense that the vice president was able to pull that off tonight? >> well, that's what ot bama posters are saying right now. hi one senior obama official e-mail me and say if you are talk approximating about mannerisms you lost, which is to say that the romney focus on the vice president's mannerisms was a concession that on substance they lost the evening. i think the point that christina made earlier is right on. for partisans on both sides tonight, you felt good. ryan got in there his first debate against a 40 year veteran of american politics, he did okay. and biden i think he showed the kind of offense, the aggressiveness that so many democrats were hoping for from the president last week. i think democrats
by a better, more polite debate. i don't know that, you know, i don't know that paul ryan did any real damage tonight. but he certainly didn't draw any blood. >> woodruff: jonathan martin, to the extent the obama campaign was feeling the need tonight for the vice president to get them bac on track, is there a sense that the vice president was able to pull that off tonight? >> well, that's what ot bama posters are saying right now. hi one senior obama official e-mail me and say if...
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polls show president obama and governor mi romney are neck- and-neck. tonight they have their third and final debate in boca raton, and tom is there. tom. florida is the big fridz for the campaign. it has the most number of electoral vote its at stake, in the fall election. it's also a state that has felt the full force of the great recession. the housing market in some areas in florida has shown signs of life but remains well bloat boon years. the job market in the sunshine state has seen slow recovery. >> the lunch crowd start to its file in to vinnie's all day calf nie boca raton around 11:30. despite it's name vinnys is owned by a guy named jay dietz. he bought the restaurant from vinny more than a decade ago. >> food prices are going up a couple extra dollars i won't sacrifice the quality of our food just to make a couple extra dollars. >> reporter: wile tonight's debate focuses on forei affairs t is still the competent that remains the issue for floridians. >> the big issues have to be taxes and jobs. they have be to-- to be. >> just talking about
polls show president obama and governor mi romney are neck- and-neck. tonight they have their third and final debate in boca raton, and tom is there. tom. florida is the big fridz for the campaign. it has the most number of electoral vote its at stake, in the fall election. it's also a state that has felt the full force of the great recession. the housing market in some areas in florida has shown signs of life but remains well bloat boon years. the job market in the sunshine state has seen slow...
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the republican presidential nominee against president obama in 2008: senator mccain has shaped the debate on a number of national issues from campaign finance reform to the use of torture. as a ranking member of the arms services committee he's been a key member on afghanistan, iraq and the arab spring. i'm pleased to have john mccain back at this table. >> thank you for having me back, charlie. congratulationss on your new gig. (laughs) >> rose: you've been there so i appreciate you coming every time as i appreciate you coming to the table. tell me whereyou ink the syrian situation is and what's necessary to change the dynamic of a stalemate. >> well, first of all, i think the situation is dire, that it's an unfair fight. the russians are pouring arms and equipment in on the part of bashar assad and blocking any meaningful resolutions in the united nations security council. iranians not only are helping but they're on the ground. there is shelling from artillery tanks and even helicoprs. the kofi annan plan is clearly not going to work as most of us anticipated. >> rose: because the syri
the republican presidential nominee against president obama in 2008: senator mccain has shaped the debate on a number of national issues from campaign finance reform to the use of torture. as a ranking member of the arms services committee he's been a key member on afghanistan, iraq and the arab spring. i'm pleased to have john mccain back at this table. >> thank you for having me back, charlie. congratulationss on your new gig. (laughs) >> rose: you've been there so i appreciate...
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president obama and mitt romney got back to campaigning after last night's combative debate. both appealed to women voters in swing states. and the f.b.i. arrested a bangladeshi man for allegedly plotting to blow up the federal reserve building in manhattan. millions of americans have tuned in to the presidential debates. we profile one man who figured out how to profit from them. hari sreenivan explas. >> sreenivasan: he's a student at m.i.t. economics correspondent paul solman asked him about his bets and his winnings. read his interview on our making sense page. and npr's debbie elliott talks to independent voters in florida about the deluge of political ads there. that's part of our partnership with npr and cmag to examine spending on campaign ads this year. watch the video report on the rundown. all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. judy? >> woodruff: and that's the newshour for tonight. on thursday, we'll look at battleground new hampshie, where women candidates are on the ballot in three separate races. i'm judy woodruff. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill.
president obama and mitt romney got back to campaigning after last night's combative debate. both appealed to women voters in swing states. and the f.b.i. arrested a bangladeshi man for allegedly plotting to blow up the federal reserve building in manhattan. millions of americans have tuned in to the presidential debates. we profile one man who figured out how to profit from them. hari sreenivan explas. >> sreenivasan: he's a student at m.i.t. economics correspondent paul solman asked him...
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the obama people are talking about what a good debater governor romney is, but the romney people are talking about a good debater governor romney is. that is because they need to reassure their supporters that this race isn't over. it's still close. he can turn it around and the debates will be an opportunity to do this. >> woodruff: this is a different period of expectation setting, stu, than what we normally see. >> a little bit. i think susan is exactly right. i saw robert gibbs on television a couple days ago. he was talking about mitt romney has debated so much times and the president hasn't debated in four years. i think they are trying to lower expectations but you don't hear that same thing from the romney camp. some of this is a need, a desire, to create some momentum on the part of the challenger when there is, you know, so much finger pointing mostly by conservatives and republicans complaining about the romney campaign. >> woodruff: and there's been a fair amount of that. stu, what about in terms of setting the table for substance in are there things the candidates are ta
the obama people are talking about what a good debater governor romney is, but the romney people are talking about a good debater governor romney is. that is because they need to reassure their supporters that this race isn't over. it's still close. he can turn it around and the debates will be an opportunity to do this. >> woodruff: this is a different period of expectation setting, stu, than what we normally see. >> a little bit. i think susan is exactly right. i saw robert gibbs...
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, barack obama has indirectly helped shift the debate from the poisonous foreign policy and the social engineering project to basically saying "look, people, america is keeping a healthy distance, we welcome... we will embrace your aspirations, you take ownership of your revolts." in this particular sense the obama presidency has played a key role in the beginning of overcoming what i call the bitter inheritance between america and the that part of the world. >> rose: so let me go to specific countries. what do you think is going to happen in syria? >> syria is a very, very complex and i know it's sounds cliche. the political struggle in syria has already turned into an armed struggle. syria now is at war, civil war. chaos is spreading all over syria. literally the rock has set in. kidnappings on a daily basis, assassinations, car bombings, suicide bombings, the syrian government is losing control in part m parts of syria. the aed rebels are becoming much more potent and much more direct in their attacks. the reality is this particular struggle that has already become civil war will be
, barack obama has indirectly helped shift the debate from the poisonous foreign policy and the social engineering project to basically saying "look, people, america is keeping a healthy distance, we welcome... we will embrace your aspirations, you take ownership of your revolts." in this particular sense the obama presidency has played a key role in the beginning of overcoming what i call the bitter inheritance between america and the that part of the world. >> rose: so let me...
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barack obama? >> brown: the head of a pro gingrich group, rick tyler, went further calling romney, quote, despicable and disgraceful. with the vitriol flying, late polls gave romney a double-digit lead. a survey of likely republican voters in florida showed him with a 14-point advantage. 43 to 29%. gingrich insisted he was closing the gap, but romney told report hes, quote, you can sense it's coming our way. elsewhere former pennsylvania senator rick santorum returned to campaigning today in missouri. he canceled weekend appearances in florida after his three-year-old daughter was hospitalized with pneumonia. and texas congressman ron paul kept his focus on states holding february caucuses where he's expected to perform better. but much of the focus in florida today remained on conservative voters. judy woodruff has been sampling their views leading up to the primary. ♪ o, say can you see? >> woodruff: the crowds who showed up in winter park on short notice for a tea party express bus tour to ral
barack obama? >> brown: the head of a pro gingrich group, rick tyler, went further calling romney, quote, despicable and disgraceful. with the vitriol flying, late polls gave romney a double-digit lead. a survey of likely republican voters in florida showed him with a 14-point advantage. 43 to 29%. gingrich insisted he was closing the gap, but romney told report hes, quote, you can sense it's coming our way. elsewhere former pennsylvania senator rick santorum returned to campaigning today...
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i think the debate obama wants and that romney should want to engage in from his side is whether this new kind of capitalism where so much money is made in the financial sector is the kind of capitalism that builds up our country and that we have much more emphasis on finance, much less on manufacturing, and lor knows, much less on labor. and i think that that is the fight that underlies this. and i think we're going to get there eventually. >> brown: well, that's optimistic. >> see, one thing i do agree with ej on, if romney is going to be a personification of capitalism, he does have to say what kind of capitalism he's for. he does have to say too much resources have been going to finance. he does have to say some of these things these bankers are doing makes me sick. he has to distinguish that from the part that he has been part of which is the creative destruction part, which is does involve sometimes involves job losses but involves making companies more eicient so they thrive in the long run so he has to give a speech saying this is the capitalism i believe in or else he will ge
i think the debate obama wants and that romney should want to engage in from his side is whether this new kind of capitalism where so much money is made in the financial sector is the kind of capitalism that builds up our country and that we have much more emphasis on finance, much less on manufacturing, and lor knows, much less on labor. and i think that that is the fight that underlies this. and i think we're going to get there eventually. >> brown: well, that's optimistic. >>...
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the obama campaign denounced the remarks as shocking. >> woodruff: now, to the debate over the magnitude of climate change, its impact, and the human role in it. typically the battle plays out among prominent climate scientists and a vocal group of skeptics. but one skeptic's recent public conversion is adding new fuel to that fire, and sparking criticism from both sides. newshour correspondent spencer michels has the story. >> which one is this? reporter: this is richard muller and his daugherty elizabeth, a mathematician are not exactly house holes names. in the world of climate change where most scientists and a match smaller group of skeptics remain bitterly divided over their assessment of what's happening to the planet, richard muller has long been on the side of those who deny climate change is happening. when he published an op-ed in the ne "new york times" last moh saying he was no longer a skeptic, it captured national attention and sparked angry reaction on both sides of the climate fence perhaps most disturbing to some of his former allies was this conclusion. >> in our world
the obama campaign denounced the remarks as shocking. >> woodruff: now, to the debate over the magnitude of climate change, its impact, and the human role in it. typically the battle plays out among prominent climate scientists and a vocal group of skeptics. but one skeptic's recent public conversion is adding new fuel to that fire, and sparking criticism from both sides. newshour correspondent spencer michels has the story. >> which one is this? reporter: this is richard muller and...
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there are two more presidential debates. they will be yet another hoax unless someone puts the question to barack obama and mitt romney, why are we killing kids that don't need to die and then ask it over and again until they don't need to die and then ask it over and again until they have no choice but to go public. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> that's it for this week. on our next edition of "moyers and company" meet the adventure remember who has gone to the top of the earth to take the earth's temperature and some beautiful photographs. from the vanishing areas of north. we're talking about global warming. >> that landscape is gone. it may never be seen again in the history of civilization. climate changes are not imaginary, not theoretical, not based on computer models. it's right there in front of you. >> there is more at bill moyers.com. i'll see you there and i'll see moyers.com. i'll see you there and i'll see you here next time. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com de nrns don't wait a week. to get mor
there are two more presidential debates. they will be yet another hoax unless someone puts the question to barack obama and mitt romney, why are we killing kids that don't need to die and then ask it over and again until they don't need to die and then ask it over and again until they have no choice but to go public. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> that's it for this week. on our next edition of "moyers and company" meet the adventure remember who has gone to the...
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if we're going to have a debate about who the extremist is on these issues, it is president obama, who as a state senator voted to protect doctors who killed babies who survived the abortion. it is not the republicans. ( cheers and applause ) >> woodruff: and romney joined in, after moderator john king of cnn pressed him to answer a question about what the american public knows about him. >> is there a misconception about you? the question is a misconception. >> a lack-- you know, you get to ask the questions you want; i get to givehe answers i want. ( audience reacts ) >> woodruff: all four candidates again defended their opposition to the bailouts of auto giants general motors and chrysler. it's a point that president obama's re-election team highlighted in a new tv ad released today in michigan ahead of its upcoming g.o.p. primary. >> but when a million jobs were on the line... every republican candidate turned their back. even said, "let detroit go bankrupt". not him. >> don't bet against the american auto industry. >> woodruff: the president spent today in florida, where he addres
if we're going to have a debate about who the extremist is on these issues, it is president obama, who as a state senator voted to protect doctors who killed babies who survived the abortion. it is not the republicans. ( cheers and applause ) >> woodruff: and romney joined in, after moderator john king of cnn pressed him to answer a question about what the american public knows about him. >> is there a misconception about you? the question is a misconception. >> a lack-- you...
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people are not just spinning when they say, look, out of that first debate in denver he doesn't have momentum where he overwhelmed us he brought home the base be does president's in number has not chanced by any means but pretty pistol hid and that means governor romney has upward momentum or has had it, maybe that has stalled we don't really though but the president does not have bad momentum he is not collapsing in any way, i think that the momentum in this race can has always been difficult to pull off because we have so many people deded, whatev u thi the model is accurate, whatever model you think accurately decide how many persuadable voters there are, it is a small must be so momentums is measures in ins tens of thousands rather than a mass swing. >> rose: do the republicans in this race more enthuse wraferk than the democrats? >> i think they are, if you look, you read all of the polling data in a sophisticated way, and you go out in the country and go to events, i don't think there is think doubt, it is certainly the kay that republicans are more enthused than they were four
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(applause) >> woodruff: with that this final debate between president obama and mitt romney is done. we watched them shake hands with the moderedder, bob schieffer of cbs and i'm sure any moment now their wives and families will come on stage to give them a hug and wish them well. >> ifill: they greet each other as if they like each other even though from watching 90 minutes it didn't much look like it. >> woodruff: it sure didn't. gwen, this was a vigorous debate over, we say, a small list of countries, most of which are located in the middle east, afghanistan, pakistan and there at the end a little bit on china. i think we did hear two clear, direct to the camera closing statements from these candidates. and i think we saw mark shields, a more shall we say restrained mitt romney than we've seen in previous debates. >> no, i thought mitt romney played the hurt party and played it quite well. and i thought the president went after him. he was quite aggressive, right from the outset. you've got, you're fighting a cold war policies of the 1980s, the social policies of the 1950s, the ec
(applause) >> woodruff: with that this final debate between president obama and mitt romney is done. we watched them shake hands with the moderedder, bob schieffer of cbs and i'm sure any moment now their wives and families will come on stage to give them a hug and wish them well. >> ifill: they greet each other as if they like each other even though from watching 90 minutes it didn't much look like it. >> woodruff: it sure didn't. gwen, this was a vigorous debate over, we...
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. >> will that come out in a debate with obama if he is the nominee. >> and on the campan trail. >> so notwithstanding everythi we he said here, everybody at this table, and in washington believes that mitt romney is the nominee? >> you can invent a scenario, particularly if the negative ads ha an impact, you can invent a scenario he is wounded in south carolina and loses to gingrich in florida, but it is a fantasy scenario, there is no basis for it right now in the trajectory. >> i spent a lot of time inventing these scenarios. i resent that. >> we will see. i have a rooti interest in rick santorum d i ent a lot of time at my desk inventing scenarios where newt is so discredited himself, he is wandering around the battlefield with a leaky flamethrower every day. traditional i are understood. >> rose: suppose you coul could ve elected the republican nominee, who would you have selected even if they are not a candidate now. >> jeb bush. >> he is an extremely impresve former office holder now, but, you know, obviously, the bush name, but i think within ten minutes of looking at the guy,
. >> will that come out in a debate with obama if he is the nominee. >> and on the campan trail. >> so notwithstanding everythi we he said here, everybody at this table, and in washington believes that mitt romney is the nominee? >> you can invent a scenario, particularly if the negative ads ha an impact, you can invent a scenario he is wounded in south carolina and loses to gingrich in florida, but it is a fantasy scenario, there is no basis for it right now in the...
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and once we get over that hump and that may not be until after the debates debates after that hump those people for obama in '08 who don't fully trust or believe in him anymore and wait to see if romney is viable, those people will all flip, the romney, those people will flip towards mitt romney and that is where they will win and also look at some of these demographics slices where the president has big leads, especially spanish. >> rose: women, hispanics. >> women, hispanics, young voters, they say it is great the president has leads with those groups but those leads are going to get smaller and the reason is because all of those groups are also affected by the economy, you know, those kids in 2008 who voted for barack obama, you know, they are all excited what has he cone for you lately? you are living at home in your parent's garage, hispanics who voted for the real estate, way ahead, the president is way ahead with romney with hispanics, the president didn't deliver immigration reform for you although you think he is better than that issue he didn't deliver for you and look at the f
and once we get over that hump and that may not be until after the debates debates after that hump those people for obama in '08 who don't fully trust or believe in him anymore and wait to see if romney is viable, those people will all flip, the romney, those people will flip towards mitt romney and that is where they will win and also look at some of these demographics slices where the president has big leads, especially spanish. >> rose: women, hispanics. >> women, hispanics,...
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gingrich did very well in the debates. for a lot of people watching those debates and gravitated to gingrich in that regard. i saw a lot of negative ads that romney was running against gingrich. he may perceive that gingrich is getting that same voter who is saying we want to beat obama at all costs. >> woodruff: finally back to you sidsalter. where does that leave santorum and his appeal? >> santorum really needs the win, in my opinion, in mississippi and alabama far more than gingrich. gingrich has said he's in regardless. santorum hasn't yet made that claim. he needs the win, and i think his performance against romney particularly is disappointing to him and to his supporters. >> woodruff: we are going to leave it there, gentlemen. we thank you both. sid salter in mississippi and steve flowers in alabama, we appreciate it. >> ifill: we'll be back shortly with the syrian rebels fighting the security forces. but first, this is pledge week on pbs. this break allows your public television station to ask for your support, an
gingrich did very well in the debates. for a lot of people watching those debates and gravitated to gingrich in that regard. i saw a lot of negative ads that romney was running against gingrich. he may perceive that gingrich is getting that same voter who is saying we want to beat obama at all costs. >> woodruff: finally back to you sidsalter. where does that leave santorum and his appeal? >> santorum really needs the win, in my opinion, in mississippi and alabama far more than...
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they can see if they like the debates as much as everyone else did. that's the one positive thing that stands out. and they can register their... or express their opinions about what is to come, whether there will be some progress, some political progress, and compare their outlook with the outlook of voters that we've polled. >> sreenivasan:: now the first part that we launched earlier in the election cycle, it's been fairly successful. a lot of people took those 12 questions or so that you have been asking for dozens of years and compared themselves against where they exactly are in that political spectrum. >> we found... i think we are approaching 1 million point 4 people who have taken this test since i think we put it up in late september. >> sreenivasan:: ok and finally, you made a little bit of news this week. you are changing your roll at pew. what does that mean? >> it means i will no longer be president and chief executive. i am going to be founding director which sounds very ancient but it is what is. i am going to work on politics and glob
they can see if they like the debates as much as everyone else did. that's the one positive thing that stands out. and they can register their... or express their opinions about what is to come, whether there will be some progress, some political progress, and compare their outlook with the outlook of voters that we've polled. >> sreenivasan:: now the first part that we launched earlier in the election cycle, it's been fairly successful. a lot of people took those 12 questions or so that...
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. >> rose: you mean the opening ghe the debate? >> yeah. this was a despicable questn, i cannot believe the elite media is once again protecting barack obama. he did everythingxcept say "pointy headed professors." this is an old theme. it's an old theme inmerican politics. he is the first person in 12 to mtert. >> and you said it's more nixon than reagan. >> totally more nixon than reagan. >> rose: what are you seeing? the numbers? what do they tell you? >> we haven't had a ift like wee had in the past week and a half in a long time. maybe gary hart in' 4, who was someone who ran against walter mondale who was seen as a dull establishment candidate at a time when democrats were undergoing a lot of trauma. and he had a very long nomination contest with mondale but ultimately lost. that is one scenario for romney who still does have some tactical advantage these caucus states in february should be good for him. he's well organized. michigan is a good state for him maybe arizona which votes in february, there are mormon voters and so forth. so
. >> rose: you mean the opening ghe the debate? >> yeah. this was a despicable questn, i cannot believe the elite media is once again protecting barack obama. he did everythingxcept say "pointy headed professors." this is an old theme. it's an old theme inmerican politics. he is the first person in 12 to mtert. >> and you said it's more nixon than reagan. >> totally more nixon than reagan. >> rose: what are you seeing? the numbers? what do they tell you?...